The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-16
THE VOLCANO OIL FIELD.
4 4: Membor Of tho i,rndtsh oil Go. on il

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Col. Van H. Bukey, OF parkersburg
connected with the West Virginia Trans.
portation Company, which operates tho
| pipe line to the Volcano OIL Field, In the
borders Of Wood and Richie counties, Ia
In the city. To an INrELl,drscRR re-.
porter who asked him about the Volcano
deld last evening, he said the production
there had dwindled down to about $50
barrels day. This furnishes nice bust.
ness, and Col. Bukey thinks there Ia In
prospect much better days for the Volcano
field. The members OF the Transportation
Company are also the members OF the
Bradiah OIL Company, which has put down
this spring FIVE wells, four Of them BRO.
ductiye oil wells. The last Of those iour
came in at 81 barrels day, which Is about
the average. Yesterday Just before he
left the fifth we'll was drilled into the sand.
He received telephone message to the
effect that It was gasalng strongly, but
showed no signs Of oil yet. + He expects 1t
to prove fair gaaser. Such a we'll is OF
use there, the gas being used for fuel In
drilling other wells. The Bradish Com.
pany now has q contract which requires
the completion Of new well every fifteen
days. 4. tx. IN s5lSilli
n The wells now being put down arc in
new territory, not before known to bo
fruitful, and their completion has vastly
increased the possibilities Of the field.
The oil produced is Of all grades, but
among 1t Is the best lubricating oil pro.
duced In the country. Indeed, the West
Virginia heavy oils, produced in this field,
were the frat natural duplicating oils. and
the petroleum lubricants Of to-day are
mostly artificial limitations Of West .Yir-
ginia's product. Some Of the wells have
been producing steadily for % years. The
prodnct named seems small until the fact
is recalled that these oils sell at from S.
to S. so per barrel, according to grade.
Oils Of 2S Baume gravity are the best la.
bricants. The lighter oils make almost as
fine oil by evaporation, while the Penn.
sylvania oils are go thin that they must be
distilled before they are heavy enough for
use. . tIjsif slN ~ ,s9E
z The cheapness Of the wells in the Vol. |
cano field Is another point in their favor.
The best oils are reached at a depth OF
only 400 feet. The Macksburg sand is |
pierced at 800. and produces a very good
light oil. The peculiarly Of the field is !
the variety Of It's product. On one aide Of |
the anticlinal lie the heavy oils, and at
the Same depth on the other side high
grade Of light oil ia reached. :.
Colonel Bukey says he did what he cup
poses was never done elsewhere. Ina Al
inch hole be inserted small pump to the
500 foot sand, with packing just below the
400 foot vein. Beside this he ran down
another pump to the upper oil, and start
ing his walking beam, pumped two oils Of
hole. -, &, I. $50 ~ {, !. 80
He expects to see new era OF prog
perlty about Volcano soon, in consequences
OF the new developments Of the field-rot
q boom oil is too low for that-and thinks
the operators will be more prosperous this
year than ever. l&5S f75srl@i.&8